A Fascination with Failure: Death On The Dancefloor (Classic)
From Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Published 7/21/2023
Henry Petroski is one of Tim Harford's favourite fellow nerds. His study of engineering failures has profoundly influenced Tim's own writing, including the classic Cautionary Tales episode Death on the Dance Floor. Petroski passed away in June 2023, at the age of 81. This week, in honour of the…
